statutory work breaks?

cte1111

No you are not entitled to any additional breaks, paid or otherwise.

claire16c

sonnsonn wrote: »

Can anyone help? Everywhere I look it just mentions working 6 hrs entitles you to 20 mins break. Unfortunately this is not helping me solve my problem.

I work 9 hours per day and get paid for my 1 hour lunch break...So I am then working an 8 hour day, am I still entitled to a coffee break legally?

Youre already getting a 1 hour lunch break in those 8 hours though?

HappyMJ

sonnsonn wrote: »

Can anyone help? Everywhere I look it just mentions working 6 hrs entitles you to 20 mins break. Unfortunately this is not helping me solve my problem.

I work 9 hours per day and get paid for my 1 hour lunch break...So I am then working an 8 hour day, am I still entitled to a coffee break legally?

Legally...No. You can use the toilet if you wish. Grab a coffee if you wish but you would find in many jobs that would be frowned upon. Ok in an office as you need to get away from the computer screen and you are drinking the coffee at your desk but not elsewhere.

antonia1

geordie_joe wrote: »

Probably not, but it was just a steel staircase in a concrete shaft with a large space at the bottom. There was nothing in there that could burn, not counting smokers, and if the fire alarm had gone off we would simply step out of the fire door and be long gone before anyone else got near the fire escape.

To be clear - obstructing a staircase which is intended for use during a fire incident is not safe, regardless of whether it is people or other items blocking it. Using a staircase is fine, standing around obstructing it is not.

Sambucus_Nigra

antonia1 wrote: »

To be clear - obstructing a staircase which is intended for use during a fire incident is not safe, regardless of whether it is people or other items blocking it. Using a staircase is fine, standing around obstructing it is not.

To be clear - that post was 3 years ago.

antonia1

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

To be clear - that post was 3 years ago.

Oops! Sorry, I work in fire investigation and get really frustrated when people don't realise that these things matter - must remember to check the dates of posts tho!

geordie_joe

antonia1 wrote: »

To be clear - obstructing a staircase which is intended for use during a fire incident is not safe, regardless of whether it is people or other items blocking it. Using a staircase is fine, standing around obstructing it is not.

Oh for gods sake get a life.

Try reading the posts before replying.

As I stated, A LARGE SPACE AT THE BOTTOM. At no time was anywhere blocked, and as we were standing around, BUT NOT IN FRONT OF OR BLOCKING the fire escape door, if the fire alarm had gone off we would simply have walked out of the door to the fire assembly point before anyone else got to the door.

What you are actually saying in this instance is "It is dangerous to be near a fire door because there might be a fire".

I don't know about you, but if there was a fire at work I would be very happy to be next to the fire door when it started!

And one last thing, you say it is dangerous to block a fire escape with people in case there is a fire. What the hell do you think those people would do if there was a fire? Stand there saying "Sorry you can't escape because I am busy blocking the exit"? No, they are going to use the fire exit first, long before anyone gets there to use it.

geordie_joe

antonia1 wrote: »

Oops! Sorry, I work in fire investigation

And have you ever investigated a fire where people died because when they got to the fire exit someone was standing in front of it, having a smoke, and wouldn't let them past?